HRSA wants comments on rural baby data paperwork—yawn.
Published Date: 8/19/2026
Notice
Summary
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Reporting frequency doubles to biannual
If you are an RMOMS award recipient, you will be required to report twice a year instead of once a year; HRSA changed the reporting frequency from annual to biannual (two reports per year). The draft ICR shows 2 responses per respondent in the burden table.
Estimated total annual burden: 2,940 hours
HRSA estimates the total annualized burden for the revised RMOMS data collection as 2,940 hours. The table shows 14 respondents, 2 responses per respondent, 28 total responses, and 105 hours per response.
Shift from aggregate to patient-level data
HRSA will change RMOMS reporting from aggregate data to patient-level data reporting. This revision requires RMOMS award recipients to report individual patient-level data instead of summary counts.
Number of reporting measures reduced
HRSA proposes to reduce the number of reporting measures from 34 to approximately 25 data elements for the RMOMS data collection. This is one of several changes to the instrument.
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